25 Years Ago in Nexus: April 1, 2026 issueEngineering new frontiers: The April 2, 2001 issue of Nexus covered the achievements of the then-graduating class of Engineering students. Greg Wallin, Chris Emerson, and Jon Jacox designed an internet remote capable of communicating with household devices. Robert Reed, another graduate, made a circuit board drill that was “so precise it’ll make your head spin.” […] Continue Reading |
Nexus newspaper April 1, 2026 full issueRead the full issue here. Continue Reading |
Daughter of Egypt informative and beautifully written historical fictionPulling from the pages of recorded history and seamlessly blending facts with a fictional story, Marie Benedict brings the past to life in Daughter of Egypt. Benedict tells the story of two extraordinary women in this dual-timeline novel that delves into the world of ancient Egypt, archaeology, and the role of women in days gone […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: April 1, 2026 issueCamosun student receives co-op awards Makayla Silvey, a student in Camosun College’s Mechanical Engineering Technology program, has received awards at the local, provincial, and national levels for her work during her co-op term. She has been named the 2025 Yvonne Thompson Page Co-op Student of the Year at Camosun, received the Association for Co-operative Education […] Continue Reading |
Extra! Extra! April 1 news!Student housing to be relocated to tunnels under buildings The Lansdowne student housing project is finally set to break ground this spring, after years of planning and prepping. And as the dust begins to settle on the P6 parking lot, anticipation of what’s to come only grows. Some students are hoping to get a room […] Continue Reading |
Students shouldn’t sacrifice their own intelligence to artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence (AI) is not a replacement for our own intelligence. The technology promises to transform the way we do almost everything. You’ve likely heard people refer to AI like ChatGPT as a tool, and it most certainly can be; however, in terms of AI being an academic tool to help students, there’s a need […] Continue Reading |
Looking back on Tea and Talent as a performerWhen a friend of mine first suggested I read my poetry on stage at the Camosun College Student Society’s Tea and Talent event, held on Thursday, March 5 to celebrate International Women’s Day, I was flattered yet anxious. I’ve recited some of my favourite works on stage and read some of my own before, but […] Continue Reading |
Cancer Bats keep hardcore punk community spirit aliveToronto hardcore punk veterans Cancer Bats are heading back on the road, and Victoria is on the map. For a band that has spent two decades touring the world—and are currently on a run celebrating 20 years of debut album Birthing the Giant—the excitement of playing live still hasn’t worn off. “We’ve had moments in […] Continue Reading |
Scream 7 another tortured regurgitationAn enduring axiom of Hollywood is that it’s terrified of originality. If a franchise is successful, they’ll clone it until it’s a gibbering, mutated Brundlefly begging to be put out of its misery. The Scream series limped into theatres in 1996, a mediocre film about a senseless murderer who randomly kills high-school students, terrorizing them […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: It’s time to stop taking democracy for grantedDemocracy is dying. At least this seems to be the general sentiment here in 2026. Every day we wake up with an influx of news depicting the unravelling of the complex web of world order and rule of law, with seemingly little to do to stop it. To some, this is nothing new; the rise […] Continue Reading |
